Supreme Court of Georgia April 18, 1910 (Stoner v. Stoner)

Lumpkin, J.

1. It was held by this court in Ring v. Ring, 118 Ga. 183 (44 S. E. 861, 62 L. R. A. 878), that “cruel treatment,” within the meaning of Civil Code, §2427, which provides that such treatment shall be a ground for divorce, is the wilful infliction of pain, bodily or mental, upon the complaining party, such as reasonably justifies an apprehen*369sion of danger to life, limb, or health.